RESOURCES
Research Resources:
- Library of Congress, David Seymour (CHIM) Photograph Collection, War and social documentary subjects, ca. 1935-1955
- Magnum Photos, co-founded by CHIM in 1947, remains an important resource.
Magnum database is searchable and has more than 1000 annotated high-resolution images.
Licensing and modern print purchases are handled. Books and exhibit projects are supported.
Magnum Photos – CHIM Bio and Portfolio - Magnum – New York, 12 West 31st Street , New York, NY 10001 USA Tel. +1 212 929 6000 Fax +1 212 929 9325 Most CHIM negatives (35mm Leica and 6 x 6 cm, Rollei) are kept in cold storage. Contact sheet books with historical annotations fill 2-3 shelves. Archive Manager, Matt Murphy ([email protected])
- Magnum – London, 63 Gee Street, London EC1V 3RS, United Kingdom Tel. + 44 20 7490 1771 Fax + 44 20 7608 0020
- Magnum – Paris, 19 Rue Hegesippe Moreau, 75018 Paris, France Tel. + 33 1 53 42 50 00 Fax + 33 1 53 42 50 01
- International Center of Photography, New York, NY Major center for research, exhibits, and publication for CHIM’s work. Approx 1000 prints, 17 books of tearsheets, historical letters and recent letters about exhibits.
Curator: Cynthia Young ([email protected]).
http://www.icp.org/chimhttp://www.icp.org/chim/bio
http://museum.icp.org/mexican_suitcase/gallery_chim.html - George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Approx 200 prints http://chim.eastmanhouse.org/
Press release, Jan. 8, 2007 – http://witness.eastmanhouse.org/PressRelease-Seymour.doc - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCApprox 40 vintage prints and one CHIM portfolio Curator: Sara Greenough ([email protected]) NGA CHIM Biography and Images
- DeYoung: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA Approx 80 vintage prints Curators: Bob Futernick ([email protected]), Sarah Taft ([email protected]) CHIM page
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Approx 30 vintage prints as part of the photojournalism collection http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/photojournalism/
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas – Austin, TX & Acquired a large collection of vintage and modern prints in 2010 of all Magnum photographers.
Press release – February 2, 2010
Ransom Center helps to launch Magnum Photos’s “Postcards From America” tomorrow - University of Maryland, Maryland, USA gallery of works by CHIM
http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/artist/david-seymour - “Seymour, David” Encyclopedia Britannica
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